FIA race director Michael Masi said that the idea from some fans to trial races on the opposite track layout made him "giggle". read more »

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has spoken positively about the attitude and cooperation of the all parties involved in securing the green light for the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »

Formula 1 intends to allow drivers to continue their 'gloves-off' approach to wheel-to-wheel racing - despite their long lay-off - when the sport returns, FIA race... read more »

F1 race director Michael Masi feels he can be "happy" with the job he has done throughout the 2019 season.  read more »

Michael Masi says the stewards opted to delay Charles Leclerc's fuel investigation until after the race because there "was insufficient time" prior to the start... read more »

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi explains a data server crash forced a DRS disablement at the Abu Dhabi GP read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi explained that a server crash was behind the 18-lap wait for DRS to be enabled during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Although eight drivers, including Carlos Sainz, were looked at by the stewards for using DRS under yellow flags in Brazil, Michael Masi says they did "significantly... read more »

Race director, Michael Masi explains why Carlos Sainz, and seven others, were investigated following Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has been busy explaining why the SC was needed for six laps to cover Valtteri Bottas' stricken Mercedes in Brazil. read more »

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has explained why the safety car was deployed for six laps just to retrieve Valtteri Bottas's Mercedes read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has defended the lack of consistency in how long it takes stewards to reach decisions, saying it's important to get it right. read more »

The FIA will review the placement of the Tecpro barrier in the Mexican Grand Prix following Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas's qualifying crash, says Formula 1 race... read more »

Insight: Michael Masi on the process behind Verstappen's Q3 penalty read more »

Michael Masi plans to speak with all the drivers ahead of the United States GP about the yellow flag rule, adamant he won’t single out Max Verstappen. Verstappen was guilty of... read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi rejected the notion that Max Verstappen's Mexican GP qualifying infringement was only investigated due to comments he made in the... read more »

While it is widely assumed that it was Max Verstappen's comments at the press conference that prompted the investigation into his failure to slow in Q3 on Saturday, race... read more »

Max Verstappen did not talk himself into a grid penalty says Michael Masi, even though the stewards only investigated after the post-qualifying press conference. read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi explained that Lewis Hamilton avoided a similar punishment to Max Verstappen after qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix because yellow flags... read more »

Despite the success of F1's scheduling change at Suzuka, the FIA's Michael Masi would prefer to keep the existing three-day schedule moving forward. read more »

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says a "system error" was to blame for the chequered flag light panel being displayed too early at the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

New video evidence led to the Japanese GP stewards reopening an investigation into Charles Leclerc's antics at Suzuka. read more »

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says allowing secret tolerances in jump-start rules remains correct, despite the controversy over Sebastian Vettel's Japanese Grand... read more »

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has explained why Daniil Kvyat was not specifically singled-out by the refusal to allow a special helmet design at the Russian Grand Prix read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi says his objective before the end of 2019 is clean up all "shades of grey" as to what is permitted out on track, and what isn't. read more »